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Diana and Actaeon, the odd couple of a Soviet showstopper

May 1, 2016 – 9:34 am

Thereā€™s nothing quite like the Diana and Actaeon* pas de deux to excite a ballet audience. The piece is a

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Agrippina Vaganova, Ako Kondo, Australian Ballet, Chengwu Guo, Diana and Actaeon, Doug Fullington, Esmeralda, Galina Ulanova, George Balanchine, Kirov Ballet, Le Roi Candaule, Lucinda Dunn, Marius Petipa, Paquita, Robert Curran, Spring Waters, Symphony in C, Vaktang Chabukiani | Comments (1)

The many lives of the Corsaire pas de deux

April 3, 2013 – 8:57 pm

The pas de deux in Le Corsaire is one of the most famous moments in the classical ballet repertoire, yet

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Aggripina Vaganova, Alexei Ratmansky, Bolshoi Ballet, Joseph Mazilier, Le Corsaire, Margot Fonteyn, Mariiinsky, Rudolf Nureyev, Samuil Andrianv | Comments (1)

Nureyev in Le Corsaire: “Choreographed on him by God”

January 6, 2013 – 6:56 am

Itā€™s 20 years today since Rudolf Nureyev died at Notre Dame du PerpĆ©tuel Secours hospital in Paris. The time of

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Agrippina Vaganova, Alexander Chekrygin, Alexei Ratmansky, Alistair Macaulay, Drigo, Ezio Frigerio, Joseph Mazilier, Juiie Kavanagh, Le Corsaire, Margot Fonteyn, Marius Petipa, Nikolai Zubkovsky, Robert Greskovic, Rudolf Nureyev, Samuil Andrianov | Comments (0)